by Robert Bowles, Jr., a retired pharmacist diagnosed with LBD at age 64. "Think back where you would be today if you had not had a purpose in life. The same is true after a diagnosis of LBD (Lewy Body Dementia). Finding your purpose in life is important. As I mentioned for me, it was advocate, educate and sharing my experience strength and hope. Yours might be different. My challenge to you today is to [...]

by: Chris Laxton, Executive Director of AMDA, the Society for Post-acute and Long-term Care Medicine.Too often, decisions affecting those living with dementia are made without including them in the discussion or decision-making process. We can change this, and we need to change this. Continue reading “Amplifying the Voices of Those Living With Dementia” »